★★★★★
The very definition of dubstep is very thinly spread over a lot of dance music these days. With Skrillex and Nero taking elements of dubstep and placing them in Pendulum-sized arrangements, they brought dubstep confidently to the upper regions of the charts and 'dubstep' has arguably only now became the household name fans were saying it had become after Magnetic Man released "I Need Air" in 2010...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-04-19
★★★★★
Summary: Rusko in 2012: no apologies, no limitations, and certainly no shame As the accidental yet apologetic founder of brostep, Rusko clearly has a few things to answer for, none least of which is a Grammy that now resides in the home of one Sonny Moore, awarded to him for certain electronic "contributions"...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
The producer doth protest too loudly. After a few years of letting that low end ride on UK dubstep labels like Dub Police and Sub Soldiers, Leeds-hailing first-wave wobbler Rusko released his debut LP, the intermittently interesting crossover attempt O.M.G.!, in May of 2010. Another, more culturally resonant bass-heavy release emerged that year: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, the breakout second EP from the ever-polarizing skronkmeister and recent triple-Grammy winner Skrillex...
- pitchfork.com
2012-04-09
★★★★★
Along with his DJ partner Caspa, the Leeds-born Christopher 'Rusko' Mercer is pretty much the guy responsible for retooling dubstep from gloomy, dystopian tower-block music to Day-Glo bass wobblers with all the grim portent of a Bob The Builder digger. You can blame him for Skrillex, then - but dismiss his second album, 'Songs', only at your peril. Sure, there are notes of the dreaded brostep on display here, in the angry, flexing basslines of 'Opium' and 'Asda Car Park'...
- www.nme.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
Summary: Rusko in 2012: no apologies, no limitations, and certainly no shame As the accidental yet apologetic founder of brostep, Rusko clearly has a few things to answer for, none least of which is a Grammy that now resides in the home of one Sonny Moore, awarded to him for certain electronic "contributions"...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
's attempt on this second album to realign his music with a Jamaican inheritance is something that some people might find problematic. Songs opens with a reference to , and tries to make a point out of using reggae styles and vocalists. Yet it has nothing of the mind-opening space and texture of any Tubby dub...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Christopher Mercer, aka producer and DJ Rusko, has been something of a divisive and controversial figure in UK dance music ever since he emerged with the Guy Ritchie film sampling, pulverising dubstep thump of his breakout track Cockney Thug in 2007. Rusko is a producer for whom there are no half measures. His sound is chaotic and hyperactive and is based around the desire to make people dance using the most powerful sounds possible...
- www.musicomh.com
2012-03-12
★★★★★
Christopher Mercer, aka producer and DJ Rusko, has been something of a divisive and controversial figure in UK dance music ever since he emerged with the Guy Ritchie film sampling, pulverising dubstep thump of his breakout track Cockney Thug in 2007. Rusko is a producer for whom there are no half measures, his sound is chaotic and hyperactive and is based around the desire to make people dance using the most powerful sounds possible...
- www.musicomh.com
2012-02-20
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